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Car Forum / Mercedes-Benz Cars / September 2004missing post
I posted a note concerning gauges in a 560Sl, and it cannot be found, now!!! I know how to view/unhide read messages, but mine seems to have been removed??? Did anybody see/read a post from RM Smith, concerning skitzy instruments? Can't remember title,but it was posted on 9-9-04 at around 2:30pm or so CST...  Signature+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ rmsmithco@@adelphia.net "Cogito Ergo Zoom" +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Hi RM, I can see your other posts on that day but nothing about instruments, only something about "Carfax". Sorry, looks like it has escaped! Al, Reading UK 1990 500SE 136,000 miles > I posted a note concerning gauges in a 560Sl, and it cannot be found, now!!! > I know how to view/unhide read messages, but mine seems to have been > removed??? > Did anybody see/read a post from RM Smith, concerning skitzy instruments? > Can't remember title,but it was posted on 9-9-04 at around 2:30pm or so > CST... Strange... Since I did not post anything related to carfax???? > Hi RM, > I can see your other posts on that day but nothing about instruments, only [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Can't remember title,but it was posted on 9-9-04 at around 2:30pm or so > > CST... Er.. well actually you did, though only as a reply to someone else's reply. Here's what you wrote, 21st August: "Thanks for the reply... I realize carfax may not report all the details. I have my suspicions concerning the car with the light more posterior... It has obviously been repainted. Used Car Dealer, of course, has no clue..." > >I am presently looking at and comparing two 1986 560sl 's and have a > >question... > >One of the cars has the center high mounted stop light on the back edge of > >the trunk, the other has the light near the leading edge of the trunk, next > >to the top. Which is correct for the 1986, or are both correct ? I have > >run carfax on both vehicles and no crash/repair damage was noted on either > >car. Both reported the correct model year. > > > >Any ideas? > > > >Thanks... > > 1. The light toward the leading edge is standard on 1986-1987 US cars. The more > posterior placement is standard on 1988-1989 models. > > 2. The car might be a 1986 European 500SL. The body style never had the centre > light outside the U.S. Contrary to what most people think, Carfax will have > records of grey market imports for model years starting around 1986. This is > when MB changed their worldwide VIN format to a 17 digit code that is similar > to (but not the same as) the format used on American market cars. > > 3. Carfax isn't always a reliable source of accident information. Sometimes > accidents don't get reported and even if they do, they don't always show up on > Carfax. I was just in an accident where the car was deemed a total loss, and > the report given to me (not Carfax) showed a prior accident that didn't come up > on the dealer-supplied Carfax report. > > 4. Maybe someone messed up the boot lid when trying to close an overstuffed > trunk, maybe something fell on it. Those things don't usually get reported. > 5. Maybe someone just wanted to update the look of the car (although that > wouldn't make sense 'cause your average bloke wouldn't know the difference > anyway). > Strange... Since I did not post anything related to carfax???? > > Hi RM, > > I can see your other posts on that day but nothing about instruments, only > > something about "Carfax". Sorry, looks like it has escaped! > > Al, Reading UK > > 1990 500SE 136,000 miles Oh, Ok... That was a post I issued earlier in the month of August... Thanks! It had been so long ago that I had forgotten it. I was referring to a post I issued on the 9th of September. I actually downloaded it at my office, but when I got home later that evening, it was gone! Crazy! > Er.. well actually you did, though only as a reply to someone else's reply. > Here's what you wrote, 21st August: [quoted text clipped - 55 lines] > > > Al, Reading UK > > > 1990 500SE 136,000 miles |
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